#lfts

[wildelydawn]

Writing is actually the worst hobby in case any of you didn't know.

[shanaraki]

They can write it better than I've ever felt it.

[biomedicool]

Liver function tests

AST/ALT ratio

If AST is higher than ALT, a muscle source of these enzymes should be considered. For example, muscle inflammation due to dermatomyositis may cause AST>ALT. Or complete liver necrosis 

Alcoholic fatty liver disease: AST > 8 times the ULN; ALT > 5 times the ULN

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: AST and ALT > 4 times the ULN

Acute viral hepatitis or toxin-related hepatitis with jaundice: AST and ALT > 25 times the ULN

Ischemic hepatopathy (ischemic hepatitis, shock liver): AST and ALT > 50 times the ULN (in addition the lactate dehydrogenase is often markedly elevated)

Chronic hepatitis C virus infection: Wide variability, typically normal to less than twice the ULN, rarely more than 10 times the ULN

Chronic hepatitis B virus infection: Levels fluctuate; the AST and ALT may be normal, though most patients have mild to moderate elevations (approximately twice the ULN); with exacerbations, levels are more than 10 times the ULN

[theclassyfinesse-blog]

The finesse for like the 3rd time this week

[heisenbergchronicles]

Breaking Bad: Crafting a TV Pilot by Michael Tucker, creator of Lessons from the Screenplay. LFTS is a YouTube channel that analyzes movie scripts to examine exactly how and why they are so good at telling their stories. This video very well done and an excellent primer on pilots and how to make them succeed. 

Links: Web site / YouTube / Twitter / Facebook / Patreon

[wildelydawn]

I think I will need to take a break after I finish LFTS. Not a break in the sense where I stop writing, but a break in which I think about writing more than actually writing, if that makes sense.

[wildelydawn]

Angst'd too close to the sun, we need to rewrite Chapter 23 in its entirety, bleeding out profusely.

[wildelydawn]

Emerging briefly from my depressive episode to tell you all that I think it's weird that I've basically written a works cited page/list of sources for LFTS. Why. Why did I do that. No one's reading that shit. Chapter 21 had 15 notes that I explained. Why am I like this.